Horseshoe.



P. J. BRISLIN.

HORSESHOE.

4APPLloMIoN FILED MAY '1, 190B.

914,015. Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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PATRICK I. BRISLIN, OF UPPER LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Applica-tion led May 7, 1908. Serial No. 431,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. BmsLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upper Lehigh, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHorseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes, and has for itsobject the provision of a cushion shoe for draft animals of very simpleand practical construction, which may be very readily and quicklyapplied, which will possess a great degree of resiliency, will bedurable, and which will give the animal a surer footing and prevent itfrom slipping.

W ith the above and other objects in view, my invention comprises a shoeof resilient material and having means for preventing the nails or otherfastenings from cutting or injuring the material of the shoe.

The invention also consists of a shoe for horses or other animalsembodying certain other novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, substantially as disclosed herein and asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a bottom plan view of the shoe. Fig. 2, is a sectional viewof the shoe as applied to the hoof of an animal. Fig. 3, is a crosssectional view of a modified form of the shoe in which the body of theshoe is made in two layers which are afterward cemented or securedtogether in other manners.

In the drawings: The numeral 1, designates the body of the shoe which ismade of some resilient material, preferably rubber, and has a band orstrip 2, of canvas or other fabric embedded therein and extending nearlyfrom end to end of the shoe as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.Instead of being made in a single piece, the shoe may be made in twolayers 3, as illustrated in Fig. 3, there being a groove or channel 4,provided between the two layers to seat the strengthening fabric. Nailopenings 5, extend inward from the outer surface of the shoe to thestrip of strengthening material, and the nails are driven in throughsaid openings with the heads of the nails, which are preferablyflattened, bearing on the strengthening fabric which prevents the nailsfrom cutting the material of the shoe.

After the nails have been driven to place, plugs 6, are inserted in thenail openings and cemented or otherwise secured therein. These plugsprevent any dirt from working in around the head of the nail and alsoserve as bearings to receive the downward thrust of the nail heads. Theshoe is also preferably provided with a toe clip 7, and if desired thetread face of the shoe may be corrugated to afford a better grippingsurface.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itwill be apparent that- I have produced a cushion shoe which accomplishesthe objects aimed at and which is practical and e'fl'icient for thepurposes intended.

I claim:

The horseshoe herein shown and described, consisting of the upper andlower sections made of elastic material and of equal thickness, theupper section having a smooth surface for resting flat against the hoofand the lower section having a roughened or corrugated tread surface andhaving the inner faces fitting snugly together, a channel formed on theunder face of the upper section, a filling material fitting snugly insaid channel and resting smoothly against the upper face of the lowersection, a series of openings in the lower section circular and wide,flat head nails fitting in said openings and passing through the fillingand the upper section of the shoe for securing the shoe to the hoof,plugs for filling said openings, and a toe clip secured to the toeportion of the two sections and extending around the greater portion ofsaid toe for protecting the shoe.

In testimony whereof I afhx my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK J. BRISLIN.

Witnesses JAMES K. BOYLE, LUIs PATERNOSTER.

